This past week was busy and stressful, too much work to do and not enough time. Many deadlines are looming on the horizon.
On Thursday
as I was sitting at my desk, I began to drag a little rake through the sand of
my desk Zen garden. And for a few moments I was transported back to beach.
What is it about a beach that we find so tranquil and mesmerizing?
I love the beach. I love the crisp, tart, salty, air. I love
the freedom in the wind. Huge waves roaring into crests from far away, crashing,
and then turning into pure white foam.
There is nothing like going into the ocean and feeling
the gravity pull, awaiting the perfect wave and riding the wave completely into the shore.
And the soothing sounds of the ocean waves as you sit on
the shoreline and contemplate life.
This past summer while at Oceanside Beach, I had a
thought of how so much of life has changed. We run our cars at top speeds,
going from place to place. Hurriedly eating and rushing to the next activity.
We get to the end of our days and we wonder why we cannot quiet our minds for
sleep. And yet the ocean has remained the same. The constancy of waves coming
in and resting on the sands and then the pull of the earth calling it back out into
the depths of the water, the rhythm of life.
There is a natural rhythm to life. We are born, we grow,
we are educated, we live, we grow older, we achieve, and we die.
Embracing the rhythm of life, discovering our talents and
pursuing our passions helps us to live authentic lives.
And in the great words of Mark Twain - “Twenty years from
now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones
you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch
the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
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